MAMA Award for Best Female Artist
| MAMA Award for Best Female Artist | |
|---|---|
| Country | South Korea |
| Presented by | CJ E&M Pictures (Mnet) |
| First award | 1999 |
| Currently held by | IU (2024) |
| Most awards | IU (6) |
| Most nominations | IU (10) |
| Website | Mnet Asian Music Awards |
The MAMA Award for Best Female Artist (여자 가수상) is an award presented annually by CJ E&M Pictures (Mnet).
It was first awarded at the 1st Mnet Asian Music Awards ceremony held in 1999; Uhm Jung-hwa won the award for her song "I Don't Know", and it is given in honor of a female artist with the best performance in the music industry.[1]
Winners and nominees
| Year[I] | Winner(s) | Song | Nominee(s) |
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| 1999 (1st) | Uhm Jung-hwa | "I Don't Know" |
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| 2000 (2nd) | Park Ji-yoon | "Coming of Age Ceremony" |
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| 2001 (3rd) | Kim Hyun-jung | "You Who Left" |
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| 2002 (4th) | Jang Na-ra | "Sweet Dream" |
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| 2003 (5th) | Lee Soo-young | "Solitary" |
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| 2004 (6th) | "Whistle to Me" |
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| 2005 (7th) | BoA | "Girls on Top" |
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| 2006 (8th) | Baek Ji-young | "I Won't Love" |
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| 2007 (9th) | Ivy | "Sonata of Temptation" |
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| 2008 (10th) | Lee Hyori | "U-Go-Girl" |
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| 2009 (11th) | Baek Ji-young | "Like Being Hit by a Bullet" |
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| 2010 (12th) | BoA | "Hurricane Venus" |
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| 2011 (13th) | Baek Ji-young | "Ordinary" |
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| 2012 (14th) | IU | "You and I" |
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| 2013 (15th) | Lee Hyori | "Bad Girls" | |
| 2014 (16th) | IU | "Friday" | |
| 2015 (17th) | Taeyeon | "I" |
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| 2016 (18th) | "Why" |
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| 2017 (19th) | IU | "Palette" | |
| 2018 (20th) | Sunmi | "Siren" |
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| 2019 (21st) | Chungha | "Gotta Go" | |
| 2020 (22nd) | IU | "Blueming" | |
| 2021 (23rd) | "Celebrity" | ||
| 2022 (24th) | Nayeon | "Pop!" |
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| 2023 (25th) | Jisoo | "Flower" |
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| 2024 (26th) | IU | "Love Wins All" |
Multiple awards for Best Female Artist
As of 2024, six female artists received two or more awards.
- 6 wins
- 3 wins
- 2 wins
^[I] Each year is linked to the article about the Mnet Asian Music Awards held that year.
Gallery
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Uhm Jung-hwa (1999) -
Park Ji-yoon (2000) -
Kim Hyun-jung (2001) -
Jang Na-ra (2002) -
Lee Soo-young (2003–04) -
BoA (2005, 2010) -
Baek Ji-young (2006, 2009, 2011) -
Ivy (2007) -
Lee Hyori (2008, 2013) -
IU, (2012, 2014, 2017, 2020–21, 2024) -
Taeyeon (2015–16) -
Sunmi (2018) -
Chungha (2019) -
Nayeon (2022) -
Jisoo (2023)
See also
Notes
- ^ "1999 M.net Korean Music Festival Winners list" Archived 2014-10-09 at the Wayback Machine. MAMA. Retrieved 2014-06-12.
References
- "M.net Asian Music Awards Winners list by year". mwave. MAMA. Archived from the original on 2015-09-01. Retrieved 2015-01-30.
- "M.net Asian Music Awards Broadcasts by year". mwave. MAMA. Archived from the original on 2015-07-03. Retrieved 2015-01-30.
- "M.net Asian Music Awards Photos by year". mwave. MAMA. Archived from the original on 2015-09-01. Retrieved 2015-01-30.
External links
- Mnet Asian Music Awards official website